User manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Icons and emphases
- 3 Product information
- 4 Installation and uninstallation
- 5 Overview of AntiVir Professional
- 5.1 User interface and operation
- 5.2 How to...?
- 5.2.1 Activate license
- 5.2.2 Avira AntiVir Professional automatic update
- 5.2.3 Start a manual update
- 5.2.4 On-demand scan: Using a scan profile to scan for viruses and malware
- 5.2.5 On-demand scan: Scan for viruses and malware using Dragamp;Drop
- 5.2.6 On-demand scan: Scan for viruses and malware via the context menu
- 5.2.7 On-demand scan: Automatically scan for viruses and malware
- 5.2.8 On-demand scan: Targeted scan for active rootkits
- 5.2.9 Reacting to detected viruses and malware
- 5.2.10 Quarantine: Handling quarantined files (*.qua)
- 5.2.11 Quarantine: Restore the files in quarantine
- 5.2.12 Quarantine: move suspicious files to quarantine
- 5.2.13 Scan profile: Amend or delete file type in a scan profile
- 5.2.14 Scan profile: Create desktop shortcut for scan profile
- 5.2.15 Events: Filter events
- 5.2.16 MailGuard: Exclude email addresses from scan
- 5.2.17 Firewall: Select the security level for the Firewall
- 6 Scanner::Overview
- 7 Updates
- 8 Avira Firewall::Overview
- 9 FAQ, Tips
- 10 Viruses and more
- 11 Info and Service
- 12 Reference: Configuration options
Reference: Configuration options
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The button opens a window in which you can select the required temporary path.
Default
The button restores the pre-defined directory for the temporary path.
Report directory
This input box contains the path to the report file of Avira AntiVir Professional.
The button opens a window in which you can select the required directory.
Default
The button restores the pre-defined path to the report directory.
Quarantine directory
This box contains the path to the quarantine directory of Avira AntiVir Professional.
The button opens a window in which you can select the required directory.
Default
The button restores the predefined path to the quarantine directory.
12.8.7 Warnings
12.8.7.1. Network
You can send individually configurable alerts from the Scanner or from the Guard to any
workstations in your network.
Note
Please check whether the "Message service" has been started. You will find the service
(i.e. in Windows XP, for example) under "Start | Settings | System control |
Administration | Services".
Note
An alert is always sent to computers, NOT to a certain user.
Warning
This functionality is no longer supported by the following operating systems:
Windows Server 2008 and higher
Windows Vista and higher
Send message to
The list in this window shows names of computers that receive a message when a virus
or unwanted program is found.
Note
A computer can always be entered only once in this list.
Add